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Arabic vocabulary: weather and nature

Sun, rain, snow, wind, but also the sea, the mountains and the forest: weather and landscapes in Arabic.

Here are 100 Arabic words on “Weather and landscapes”, translated into English and sorted from easiest to hardest.

Level 1: easy 33 words

ArabicEnglish
ارتفاعaltitude
شاطئbeach
كهفcave
سحابةcloud
ساحلcoast
صحراءdesert
حقلfield
غابةforest
تلhill
أفقhorizon
جزيرةisland
بحيرةlake
نهرlarge riverFlows into the sea
معتدلmild
جبلmountain
شمالnorth
مسلكpath
سهلplain
نهرriverFlows into another river
رملsand
ظلshade
ضفةshoreEdge of a river or lake
سماءsky
ثلجsnowNoun, the flakes themselves
جنوبsouth
نبعspring
عاصفةstorm
شمسsun
موجةwaveRising and falling movement of the water surface
طقسweather
غربwest
ريحwind
غابة صغيرةwood

Level 2: medium 43 words

ArabicEnglish
مناخ جافarid climate
خليج صغيرbay
أخدودcanyon
جرفcliff
غائمcloudy
تيار هوائيdraught
جفافdrought
موسم الجفافdry season
ثورانeruption
فيضانflood
قارسfreezing
نهر جليديglacier
مضيق جبليgorge
سفحhillside
رطوبةhumidity
إعصارhurricane
بحيرة شاطئيةlagoon
صاعقةlightning strike
مستنقعmarsh
مرجmeadow
ممر جبليmountain pass
بركةpond
ضغط جويpressure
قوس قزحrainbow
ممطرrainy
واد ضيقravine
شعابreef
منحدرslope
ندفة ثلجsnowflake
مضيقstrait
مشمسsunny
سبخةswamp
مناخ معتدلtemperate climate
تضاريسterrain
عاصفة رعديةthunderstorm
مد وجزرtide
مال إلى البرودةto cool down
أمطرto rain
سطعto shine
دفئto warm up
إعصار قمعيtornado
شلالwaterfall
نشرة جويةweather forecast

Level 3: hard 24 words

ArabicEnglish
مرتفع جويanticyclone
انهيار ثلجيavalanche
جليد الطرقاتblack ice
برودة منعشةcoolness
إعصار مداريcyclone
كثيب رمليdune
جليد رقيقfrost coating
فسحة في الغابةglade
جليد بحريice floe
جبل جليديiceberg
منخفض جويlow pressure area
اعتدالmildness
ضباب خفيفmist
رياح موسميةmonsoon
ضفةriverbankSlope along the side of a river
كومة ثلجsnowdrift
سهوبsteppe
زخة مفاجئةsudden shower
صفاto brighten up
تساقط البردto hail
انهمر المطرto pour down
تندراtundra
نقطة مشاهدةviewpoint
عاصفwindy

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How many words are in this list?
This page gives 100 Arabic words on “Weather and landscapes”. The full topic holds 152 in the KoKo app: 50 at the easy level, 66 at the medium level and 36 at the hard level.
Which words should I start with?
With level 1: these are the easiest words of the topic. Move on to level 2 once they come to you without thinking, then to level 3.
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By seeing each word again at longer and longer intervals, just before you forget it: that is spaced repetition. The KoKo app does it for you and tells you each day which words to review.
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